However—underappreciated by policymakers and the general public in 2008—technologies such as seismic imaging, directional drilling, and hydraulic fracturing were coming together to dislodge oil and ...
The National Geographic Endurance is a comfortable base for explorations in icy waters, whether in the Arctic or in the ...
Industrializing our most pristine wildlife refuge would be an irreversible mistake that Alaska would regret for generations.
The Biden administration announced Wednesday its largest habitat protection move yet: the cancellation of seven remaining oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain and ...
In an online conversation with Elon Musk on Monday, former President Donald Trump said he’d swiftly reopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling if he’s elected again. Trump also ...
The remote archipelago of Svalbard offers travelers an unparalleled opportunity to witness some of the Arctic's most magnificent wildlife in their natural habitat. This Norwegian territory, renowned ...
Teshekpuk caribou graze in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Bob Wick/BLM, CC BY The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is one of the Earth’s last intact ...
Rivers across northern Alaska are turning an alarming shade of orange — a visible sign that rising global temperatures are ...
The pure, utter wildness of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will overwhelm you. When I was there one June, I watched thousands of caribou migrating purposefully to their birthing grounds on the ...
In Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge you learn the meaning of ‘alone’ pretty quick. Here’s what it’s like to explore the tundra. But by rafting the Kongakut River on the North Slope of Brooks ...
The Biden administration plans to suspend oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a senior administration official confirmed Tuesday, undoing a move made by the Trump administration ...